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Corpus Christi Festival

the and with a view to its adoration, by Pope Urban IV., who appointed for its 1264, in honor of the Consecrated Host Catholic Church. It was instituted in most splendid festival of the Roman the penitents who took part in it indulval of the Trinity and promised to all gence for a period of from 40 to 100 the penitents who took part in it indul- val of the Trinity. and promised to all days. The festival is chiefly distinguished by magnificent processions. In German, as the Fronleichnamsfest. scopic bodies found in the blood. They